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Encyclopedia > Osmotherley

Osmotherley is an English village, situated in North Yorkshire. grid reference SE456972. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... North Yorkshire is a county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...


Osmotherley boasts three pubs within a 50 metre radius, the 'Queen Catherine', the 'Three Tuns' and the 'Golden Lion'. An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada...


The public toilets are situated by the side of the Church Hall (which hosts book sales and tea sales on Sundays and Bank Holidays.) These toilets have been voted the best in the UK on several occasions. Filled with flowers and pictures of horses, they hold a vitally important role to the reputation of the village.


Another of this village's attractives is the excellently refurbished 'Thompsons'. This is a trip down memory lane to the pre-war England. This holds a gigantic selection of magazines dating from the early eighties due to a compulsive condition of the proprietor to over-stock. Osmotherley's other attractions include a 'Top-shop' store (where the locals buy their new Sunday-best suits), a classy Chip Shop, a Youth Hostel, two antique stores (famous for old forged photographs) and a newly opened Art and Craft Shop. Resources Great Museums in the World (Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, Picasso …) CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum Art-Atlas. ... Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with ones own hands and skill. ...


Famous locals include Paul Gascoigne, Lady Holden, Jim Lumb (ex-secretary to William Hague) and the Lord of Thimbleby Hall. Paul Gascoigne (born in Gateshead, England on May 27, 1967) is an English football coach and former player, often referred to by his nickname Gazza. ... William Hague The Right Honourable William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician and former leader of the Conservative Party. ...


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GENUKI: Osmotherley, Lancashire genealogy (261 words)
OSMOTHERLEY, a township in Ulverstone parish, Lancashire; 2 miles N W by N of Ulverstone.
In 1835 Osmotherley was a township in the parish of Ulverston.
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Osmotherley was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester.
Osmotherley, North Yorkshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (289 words)
Osmotherley is an English village, situated in North Yorkshire.
Osmotherley boasts three pubs within a 50 metre radius, the 'Queen Catherine', the 'Three Tuns' and the 'Golden Lion'.
Osmotherley's other attractions include a 'Top-shop' store (where the locals buy their new Sunday-best suits), a classy Chip Shop, a Youth Hostel, two antique stores (famous for old forged photographs) and a newly opened Art and Craft Shop.
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